Remington’s investment paid off when, two years later, the U.S. Navy returned about 1,000 .36-cal. percussion revolvers for conversion to .38 Colt. The post-Civil War era saw the end of the cap ...

Jesse James lived by the revolver ... the war with Mexico and Westward migration greatly enhanced his gun's popularity. Samuel Colt died only a year into the Civil War, but his company continued ...